Maverick, a German Shepherd that chewed off his right rear foot in a desperate bid to escape being trapped, has found a new home.

More than 1,000 people expressed interest in adopting the neglected Middleborough dog featured in The Enterprise, said Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals spokesman Rob Halpin.

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Donations, both large and small, came in from every state to help pay for Maverick’s surgery on July 26 to repair his right rear paw.

“The donations topped out at just over $75,000, which is astounding,” Halpin said Monday. “Never has a news cycle tied to an animal’s plight driven that much money to a shelter fund here.”

The donations will pay for Maverick’s surgery, which cost about $5,000, and the remaining money raised will stay in “Spike’s Fund,” which helps offset the medical care for thousands of animals housed every year in the MSPCA’s Boston adoption center.

Maverick has been recovering in his new home since Thursday. Halpin declined to identify the location at the request of Maverick’s new owner.

“Maverick is doing great. He’ll need to wear a protective bootie for several months but, in time, his foot should heal completely,” Halpin said.

The dog’s former owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, is facing a charge of animal cruelty.

MSPCA law enforcement officers and shelter workers believe Maverick had been trapped and tried to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, officials said.

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Maverick was seized July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after Middleboro’s animal control officer found the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot. Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for treatment.

Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.

MSPCA adoption center manager Alyssa Krieger, who cared for Maverick, called Maverick’s plight “one of the most egregious cases of neglect we’ve seen.”

On July 19 Weiand charged Kennedy with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care. He will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on Aug. 18.

Anyone convicted of animal cruelty faces up to seven years in state prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000.